

A Japanese woodblock print titled A Branch of Plum (Umegoe) by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, featuring two men in traditional Japanese clothing, one standing and one lying down. The standing man wears a robe with blue and white stripes on the sleeves and a black and gold design on the chest. He has a sword at his side and holds a branch with pink flowers. The man on the ground wears a blue robe with gold designs. The background has a blue sky and includes several Japanese characters written in black ink. The top of the print features an inset with a blue border and a white background with pink flowers and green windows, written Japanese characters in black ink, and a blue and white patterned rectangle on the right side with a vertical orange rectangle containing Japanese characters. The print has a brown border around the edges.
Artwork Details
- Date
- ca. 1845–46
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Culture
- Japan
- Dimensions
- 444 × 624 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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